A Journalism-Free Media? — It’s a question that keeps David Sirota up at nights — and the Mile High City morning host makes a pretty good case for why all journalists should be losing sleep over the media industry’s changing definition of journalism and journalists. Our feature begins on page one.

NAB Names New Board — On the eve of the group’s annual gathering in Las Vegas, the National Association of Broadcasters has named 11 new radio board members. Check out the list on page two.

Marquee Major Market Gig — You’re gonna need great Sports radio skills and great entertainment chops if you want to make the short list for this rare opportunity at an established major market Sports/Talker. Details are in “Gig Alerts” on page two.

As our Facebook friends and Twitter followers first learned earlier today: After being M.I.A. for the past several days, WBAP/Dallas host Mark Davis surfaced today with a message for his fans. In a post to his blog entitled Where Am I?, Davis wrote: “The question has arisen, and here is the answer. My contract with WBAP’s new owners, Cumulus, ended last week and we have been unable to reach an agreement on a renewal. I will be in all the other places I occupy — Fox 4 and WFAA, and my column in the Dallas Morning News — and I will be here in the blogosphere every day, often multiple times, with my thoughts on matters large and small. Keep a good thought for all my friends at WBAP, and treat them with high regard. Everything is cordial, and I have nothing but good things to say about everyone in that operation I have served for 18 years. No matter what happens, I will be in touch.” When contacted by NTS MediaOnline Today, management at WBAP had no comment on Davis’ post, nor on his status with the station.

Clear Channel Media and Entertainment/Pittsburgh names 14-year market veteran Tim McAleer as President/Market Manager for the company’s Steel City station cluster. In his new role McAleer (pictured) — who most recently served as Director of Sales and Marketing — will oversee CC’s Pittsburgh operations, including FM News/Talker WPGB. “Tim has a proven track record of successful revenue generation in Pittsburgh,” said Tom Schurr, Eastern Regional EVP/Operations. “I’m confident he will lead the market to continued success.”

In another management move, Genesis Communications has named Bill Bokunic as manager at WIXC/Melbourne, FL. Along with oversight of the Florida Space Coast all-newser, Bokunic will also serve as Director of Sales/New Business for the company’s Orlando stations (WHOO and WAMT), and oversee the marketing efforts for Genesis-owned digital media initiatives, ESPNFlorida.com and NewsTalkFlorida.com.

CBS Radio and TuneIn exchange vows, giving the growing mobile audio service’s reported 30 million active users access to CBS’ stable of 40 News, Talk and Sports stations across the country — including outlets in all of the Top 10 markets. More info HERE … Dial Global reports that some 20.6 million listeners tuned to the network’s radio broadcast of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four. The Saturday March 31st and Monday, April 2nd games aired from New Orleans on a reported 512 DG affiliate stations nationwide …In other Dial Global news: Beginning today through Sunday (4/8), the network is offering exclusive live radio coverage of the 2012 Masters Tournament from Augusta … ESPNRadio.com reports that March was the website’s best month ever as some 1.51 million page views, 3.22 million unique visitors and nearly 27 million total page views were generated by users.

As that familiar springtime call to “Play Ball!” rings out across the land today, SiriusXM announces a new multi-year deal with MLB Advanced Media — the interactive media and Internet division of Major League Baseball — to stream live coverage of every MLB game on smartphones, mobile devices and online for SiriusXM subscribers. The new deal effectively makes SiriusXM “the official Internet radio partner of MLB.com.” Subscribers can now access every MLB game through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App and online at siriusxm.com. All regular and post-season games, along with the annual All Star Game, are included in the deal. MLB games will also continue to be available via satellite radio to SiriusXM subscribers.

That oft-asked question was answered by someone who should know, as syndicated talker Dave Ramsey and his daughter Rachel Cruze rocked a live event this past Tuesday night, held in conjunction with Dave Ramsey Show affiliate KFWB/Los Angeles. Gathered for a group memory following the sold out SoCal show are (l-r): Howard Freshman, KFWB Marketing Director; Rosemary Hernandez, GSM; Ramsey and Cruze; Valerie Blackburn, KFWB General Manager; and PD Andy Ludlum.